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we have seen a cia director appointed by the president. looking at who will take that job full-time. this story -- host: we go to ben, rock fell, maryland. caller: good morning. i agree with "usa today." this man, more than anyone else, is supposed to control the role of information. if it had been the transportation secretary, the only question would have been if he to his own car or if they took public transportation. but if you cannot control the flow of personal information about your own life when you are the country's top spy, it raises a legitimate question. >> bono is raising awareness for hip 8 in africa. -- hiv/aids in africa. [applause] >> good evening. welcome. thank you for being here tonight. sorry if i seem nervous. this is my first time opening for u2. i am a second-tier candidates at the business school here at georgetown university. thank you. a few years ago when i was going through the process of figuring out what business school and wanted to go to, it was georgetown that continued -- georgetown's commitment to social
we have seen a cia director appointed by the president. looking at who will take that job full-time. this story -- host: we go to ben, rock fell, maryland. caller: good morning. i agree with "usa today." this man, more than anyone else, is supposed to control the role of information. if it had been the transportation secretary, the only question would have been if he to his own car or if they took public transportation. but if you cannot control the flow of personal information about...
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for years i became director of the cia. it was obvious somalia was a failed state, a failed state where the militant group al- shabaab controlled large pieces of territory, declared fealty to out-, brought about by humanitarian crisis and planned to -- declared fealty to al qaeda, and brought about humanitarian crisis. now there, too, we have seen progress in large part because of the african union mission in somalia. the result is al-shabaab that has lost more than 50% of the territory it held in 2010. since losing control of mogadishu in august of 2011, hundreds of al-shabaab fighters have surrendered to forces. these forces recently took a stronghold and a number of strategic accounts -- towns. as a result, al-shabaab has diminished as a threat, and we continue to work every day to consolidate these gains to the terrorists. still, our challenge is far from over. yes, we have decimated of high- tech, -- estimated al qaeda -- dessimated al qaeda. yes, we have reduced the chance of a large-scale terrorist attack, but al qae
for years i became director of the cia. it was obvious somalia was a failed state, a failed state where the militant group al- shabaab controlled large pieces of territory, declared fealty to out-, brought about by humanitarian crisis and planned to -- declared fealty to al qaeda, and brought about humanitarian crisis. now there, too, we have seen progress in large part because of the african union mission in somalia. the result is al-shabaab that has lost more than 50% of the territory it held...
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second, the cia scandal -- the real cia scandal in my mind is that we endorsed torture as a national policy, brought to account for that as far as we can see. i wish the fbi were investigating american torture, rather than american love affairs. and this struck me with security contractors. we have had two months of heated controversy about benghazi and what happened. it was bad. four americans were killed. hundreds of security contractors were killed in iraq. i have written two books on iraq and i have never been able to figure out an exact number. the answer is no one cares and no one seems to care still. the official tally leaves out at least 57 incidents that we know about. the tally is quite suspect. this puts aside the foreign security contractors, south africans, costa ricans. there seems to be no tally of this at all and nobody cares. i have got to wonder how much of the mess in benghazi is simply fueled by fox news, poisoning the american bloodstream. it really bothers me. i compare that to the total carelessness about the deaths of security contractors in iraq. >> thomas ri
second, the cia scandal -- the real cia scandal in my mind is that we endorsed torture as a national policy, brought to account for that as far as we can see. i wish the fbi were investigating american torture, rather than american love affairs. and this struck me with security contractors. we have had two months of heated controversy about benghazi and what happened. it was bad. four americans were killed. hundreds of security contractors were killed in iraq. i have written two books on iraq...
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. >> i had a very candid ambassador rice embassador ric and the deputy director of the cia. [inaudible] she said if it was a spontaneous demonstration. it was not. there was telling evidence at that time. >> [inaudible] i am very disappointed in our intelligence community. i think they failed in many ways. i think it would be pretty clear that to explain this episode as related to a video that created a mob that turned into a riot was far-filled. at the end of the day, we are going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system that we trust. if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. you can say "i do not want to give that information." you can say the american people got bad information from president obama in the days after. the question is should they have been given the information at all? if you can do nothing but give that information, it is better to give no information at all. not only is the information bad, and i am more convinced than ever that it was, but it was unjustified to give the scenario as presented by ambassador rice
. >> i had a very candid ambassador rice embassador ric and the deputy director of the cia. [inaudible] she said if it was a spontaneous demonstration. it was not. there was telling evidence at that time. >> [inaudible] i am very disappointed in our intelligence community. i think they failed in many ways. i think it would be pretty clear that to explain this episode as related to a video that created a mob that turned into a riot was far-filled. at the end of the day, we are going...
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when events occurred at the cia last week, my wife immediately gave me a call. [laughter] she said, i hope there is no way the president is going to ask you to take that job again. i said no, he's been there, done that. it is an honor to have the chance to share some thoughts with you on so many issues we confront at the defense department, and if i might take this opportunity, since we are close to thanksgiving to wish you and your families and have the thanksgiving. -- a happy thanksgiving. michelle is a great friend, and i am sorry to see her leave the department of defense, but having been in those kinds of jobs most of my life, i anderson the reason she felt she really wanted to spend some time -- i understand the reason she felt she really wanted to spend time with her family. i should tell you i continue to feel her positive impact throughout the national security community. it is not only because of her time as secretary of defense is an important position, but also because she is a co-founder of the center for new american security, and you cannot walk
when events occurred at the cia last week, my wife immediately gave me a call. [laughter] she said, i hope there is no way the president is going to ask you to take that job again. i said no, he's been there, done that. it is an honor to have the chance to share some thoughts with you on so many issues we confront at the defense department, and if i might take this opportunity, since we are close to thanksgiving to wish you and your families and have the thanksgiving. -- a happy thanksgiving....
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he was at that time head of the cia. we also talked about his trip to libya, which was also important. our role is to follow the facts. away from the media hype and bottom-line determine what the facts are and question him under oath to make sure that occurred, both republicans and democrats and that what we did today. >> why did he change the assessment from st. brigid to saying it was of qaeda involvement from a spontaneous -- to saying it was al-qaeda involvement from a spontaneous reaction? >> because we got new information. >> reference the al-qaeda that stripped out by state doj -- >> i was not aware that they were knocked down, the talking points. >> reference the scandal -- was there mention of the scandal that led to general petraeus's resignation? >> there was mention of the scandal. he said he was very sorry and is personal situation had nothing to do without handled the situation. and the story. -- end of story. >> did he say there were no national security issues in regards to the scandal? >> we did not get
he was at that time head of the cia. we also talked about his trip to libya, which was also important. our role is to follow the facts. away from the media hype and bottom-line determine what the facts are and question him under oath to make sure that occurred, both republicans and democrats and that what we did today. >> why did he change the assessment from st. brigid to saying it was of qaeda involvement from a spontaneous -- to saying it was al-qaeda involvement from a spontaneous...
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the there is the cia director has been appointed by president obama. looking at who will take the job full-time. american intelligence agencies said they believe mr. obama might move quickly to dominate .he deputy, michael morrell . he is clearly the favorite inside headquarters in the agency in langley, virginia. that is john brennan. the retired operative who once headed the agency's station inside saudi arabia. yorkstory in today's "new times." ben from rockville, md. on the democratic line. >> think you for c-span. i think that you agree with usa today when they that it is the nature of his job. this man is supposed to control the flow of information. if it had been a transportation secretary, the only question would be did he take public trust -- public transportation? it does not pertain to the job. but you cannot control the flow of personal information about your own life, it raises a legitimate question. -- if you cannot control the flow of personal information about your own life. >> now to the national press club. they will speak about cance
the there is the cia director has been appointed by president obama. looking at who will take the job full-time. american intelligence agencies said they believe mr. obama might move quickly to dominate .he deputy, michael morrell . he is clearly the favorite inside headquarters in the agency in langley, virginia. that is john brennan. the retired operative who once headed the agency's station inside saudi arabia. yorkstory in today's "new times." ben from rockville, md. on the...
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new information released from the cia. the cia rushed security operatives through american diplomatic compound in libya within 25 minutes of its coming under attack and play a more central role in the effort to send off tonight long siege that has been demolished publicly united states intelligence officials said this on thursday. you can read that story in a the "washington post." that benghazi attack playing >> we are live in hilliard, ohio outside of columbus at the fairground. the crowd as woody to hear from president obama in the first of his three stops in ohio. it was said to start 20 minutes ago but it is running a bit late. ohio is one of the key swing states. michelle obama will be in virginia later today. she will be in petersburg and we will have that this afternoon at 5:25 eastern. mitt romney and paul ryan and their wives will be campaigning in west chester, ohio this evening at 7:30 eastern. we will have the president and once he arrives and get under way, in the meantime, a look at another swing state, virg
new information released from the cia. the cia rushed security operatives through american diplomatic compound in libya within 25 minutes of its coming under attack and play a more central role in the effort to send off tonight long siege that has been demolished publicly united states intelligence officials said this on thursday. you can read that story in a the "washington post." that benghazi attack playing >> we are live in hilliard, ohio outside of columbus at the...
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i was struck by this that you mean to tell me that the head of the cia uses gmail to committee approved it struck me that i was concerned about this. i see that coming, and apparently he has agreed to testify. everybody should testify and provide as much openness ans possible. >> some of your colleagues on the senate side are talking about making a deal working with democrats on a compromise. what do you make of those efforts, and how far are you willing to go to strike the immigration deal with the democrats? >> that is a good question, and i would have been surprised if i did not hear it. i have seen a bit of a pattern over the years of people coming into this congress and taking a look at the immigration issue, thinking they have the negotiation skills to resolve one of the most complicated and convoluted and far-reaching issues that i have seen in this congress. there is not a simple solution to this. each time there's a proposal that is brought up, i see a series of pitfalls. one of them is if there is going to be some kind of proposal to try to reach an agreement that has to do wi
i was struck by this that you mean to tell me that the head of the cia uses gmail to committee approved it struck me that i was concerned about this. i see that coming, and apparently he has agreed to testify. everybody should testify and provide as much openness ans possible. >> some of your colleagues on the senate side are talking about making a deal working with democrats on a compromise. what do you make of those efforts, and how far are you willing to go to strike the immigration...
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when events occurred at the cia last week, my wife immediately gave me a poll. [laughter] she said there is no way the president is going to ask you to take that job again. it is an honor to have this chance to share some thoughts with you on some of the issues at the defense department's. since we are close to thanksgiving, i want to wish all of you and your families a happy thanksgiving. michelle is a dear friend and a thinker and a great public servant. i am obviously sorry to see her leave the department of defense, but having been in those kinds of jobs most of my life, i've understood the reasons why she felt that she really want to spend some time with her family and she deserved that. i should tell you that i continue to feel were positive impact throughout the national security committee. she is always there. it is an extremely important position at the department of defense, but also because she is the co-founder of the center for american security. cannot what for long there at the pentagon and not bump into someone in that organization. in particular
when events occurred at the cia last week, my wife immediately gave me a poll. [laughter] she said there is no way the president is going to ask you to take that job again. it is an honor to have this chance to share some thoughts with you on some of the issues at the defense department's. since we are close to thanksgiving, i want to wish all of you and your families a happy thanksgiving. michelle is a dear friend and a thinker and a great public servant. i am obviously sorry to see her leave...
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we will be talking with ronald kessler, an author who has written books about the fbi and the cia. back to our topic, avoiding the fiscal cliff, do you cut entitlement spending? and become a port richey, florida. -- andy, democratic caller, port richey, florida. excuse me, let me move on to nick. caller: every time they talk about these in congress, they will not cut their pay, not cut their staff, will not cut any federal employees, which is exactly what all that money is. immigration, those people are costing the american taxpayers' dollars. host: you say that that is exactly where it is going, the number that folks put out there and that experts are saying is that that is not where it is all at, that that would get you very far. but that the real drivers are these entitlement programs. host: i have a friend who works on c130's. they had an $800 garbage can and they were not allowed to ask if they could take a cut in military pay, because it was disrespectful. that is how congress treats the american people. actually, they work for us, so they should start to cut their pay, their
we will be talking with ronald kessler, an author who has written books about the fbi and the cia. back to our topic, avoiding the fiscal cliff, do you cut entitlement spending? and become a port richey, florida. -- andy, democratic caller, port richey, florida. excuse me, let me move on to nick. caller: every time they talk about these in congress, they will not cut their pay, not cut their staff, will not cut any federal employees, which is exactly what all that money is. immigration, those...
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we also worked closely when i was director of the cia and had a number of meetings in that capacity and certainly now as secretary defense. since i became secretary of defense, we have been in regular communication and have built a strong working relationship. i could not have more respect for he is brilliant, strategic mind. he has one of the best in the business. it stems from a warrior heart and his warrior experience. he has had a lifelong and to protecting the state of israel -- lifelong commitment to protecting the state of israel. a few people have such far- reaching and positive impacts on israeli security and prosperity. i have to say on that u.s.- isreali relationship, it is the strongest -- the relationship between the united states and israel is stronger than any time in history based on our relationship and based on the assistance that we are providing. because of his lifetime public service, whether as a young commander or chief of the general staff or as prime minister or minister of defense, i believe that israeli people are safer and more secure. in no small part becaus
we also worked closely when i was director of the cia and had a number of meetings in that capacity and certainly now as secretary defense. since i became secretary of defense, we have been in regular communication and have built a strong working relationship. i could not have more respect for he is brilliant, strategic mind. he has one of the best in the business. it stems from a warrior heart and his warrior experience. he has had a lifelong and to protecting the state of israel -- lifelong...
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first, the wars that have been going on and whether the responsibility of the cia. then you have the sex scandal. then you have the cover-up. i think the sex scandal -- the cover-up is natural. that's what politicians do. they always have investigations, but that is a blame game. i think they are missing the whole thing. they are talking about the sex and they are talking about the cover-up, but i'm more interested in talking about, you know, our responsibilities. we have general petraeus that are running these wars that are a total disaster and all he gets is high praise for his military skills. so he gets put over in the c.i.a. and he doesn't even realize about, you know, the ability to look at emails. and he's supposed to protect us? look at the protection the c.i.a. gave to the people in benghazi. and this is a reflection of the foreign policy. why do we support these rebels? we put them in charge, and then they turn on us. that is exactly what's happening in afghanistan now. we're training these afghanis to be able to take care of themselves. after they get tra
first, the wars that have been going on and whether the responsibility of the cia. then you have the sex scandal. then you have the cover-up. i think the sex scandal -- the cover-up is natural. that's what politicians do. they always have investigations, but that is a blame game. i think they are missing the whole thing. they are talking about the sex and they are talking about the cover-up, but i'm more interested in talking about, you know, our responsibilities. we have general petraeus that...